《东西洋考每月统记传》是西方传教士在中国境内出版的第一份中文近代期刊,其主旨以传播西学为主,向中国人传播了大量的有关西方的史地、哲学、司法、天文、工商业、文学、科学等方面的知识。鸦片战争后,它更成为中国一些先进知识分子撰写有关西学著作的重要资料来源之一。因此,可以认为,《东西洋考每月统记传》在近代中国的西学东渐史上占有重要地位。 Eastern Western Monthly Monthly Biography is the first Chinese modern periodical published by Western missionaries in China. Its main purpose is to spread western learning, spreading a large amount of information about the history, philosophy and judicature of the West to Chinese people , Astronomy, business, literature, science and other aspects of knowledge. After the Opium War, it became one of the most important sources for some advanced intellectuals in China to write books on Western learning. Therefore, it can be considered that “Eastern Western Monthly Magazine” occupies an important position in the history of modern western learning in modern China.